ALBANY – A repeat offender drunk driver was sentenced to up to four years in prison on Friday, according to District Attorney David Soares.

Albany resident Craig Becker, 53, was arrested in November for drunk driving by Watervliet police while operating a car with a disconnected muffler, which sparked as it hit the road. Becker's drivers license had previously been revoked on three separate occasions for DWI convictions, and was revoked at the time of the November arrest. He admitted to drinking at a local bar and registered a 0.10 percent blood alcohol level nearly an hour after the stop.

While the November case was pending, Becker was arrested again for driving while intoxicated on Dec. 9 in Cohoes. He told officers at that time he would not pass sobriety tests because he was drunk, but refused to take a chemical test.

On Feb. 22, Becker pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, per se, and driving while intoxicated, both felonies.

On Friday, Albany County Judge Peter A. Lynch issued Becker a concurrent sentence of 1 1/3 to four years in state prison, as well as a $2,000 fine, $1,000 fine and 18 months of license revocation and three years of conditional discharge upon his release.